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Prices accelerate faster in recent years
Extension after an improvement seen in December
Money printing was then ratcheted up in February 2020 under so-called 'Modern Monetary Theory
Banks are generating dollars through swaps at rates in excess of 30-pct
Views similar to the IMF Report have been expressed over the past several months by local and foreign commentators
The authorities consented yesterday to the publication of the Article IV staff report
Sri Lanka's gross official reserves had dropped to 6,652.8 million US dollars by the end of September 2020, from 7,430 m...
Sri Lanka's 12-month inflation was at 4.0 percent in September 2020, slowing from 4.1 percent a month earlier, though pr...
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa is calling on all political parties to shed their differences and come togethe...
Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved swaps of up to two years to cover foreign exchange risks of investors in r...
Sri Lanka's national inflation rose to 6.1 percent to 6.2 percent in August 2020 from a year earlier with consumer price...
Sri Lanka's forex reserves had risen to 7,440.5 million US dollars in August 2020 from 7,095.8 million US dollars in Sep...
Sri Lanka will offer to cap forex risks of investors in a bid to draw investors into rupee debt which will reduce the co...
Sri Lanka's inflation slowed to 4.1-pct in August 2020, from 4.2 percent in July, data from the state statistics office ...
Sri Lanka's central bank will closely work with the fiscal authorities and government policy in a 'developmental state' ...
Sri Lanka has see no difficulties repaying foreign debt 2020, including a billion dollar sovereign bond, with only 2.5 b...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 367.1686 | 367.3982 |
| UK Pound | 452.6187 | 451.8938 |
| Euro | 388.4167 | 389.8979 |
| Aus Dollar | 255.6136 | 255.4851 |
| Yen | 2.7395 | 2.7267 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 4.6108 | 4.6159 |
| Korea Won | 0.2772 | 0.2772 |
| Oman Rial | 935.8320 | 937.3904 |
| Saudi Riyal | 96.0211 | 96.1836 |
| UAE Dirham | 98.0915 | 98.2549 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,470.19 | 1.59% |
| CSE All Share | 7,651.19 | 1.26% |
| Turnover Rs million | 1,245,549,656 | 1,102,192,667 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 21.20 | 21.45 |
| 6-m bill | 21.88 | 22.16 |
| 12-m bill | 22.51 | 22.77 |
| 5-yr bond | 20.38 | 20.79 |
| 8-yr bond | 20.46 | 20.49 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 14.50 | 14.50 |
| Gilt Repo | 14.50 | 14.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka's central bank will announce a housing loan program for low and middle income borrowers in line with governme...
Sri Lanka's central bank has kept its floor policy rate at 4.50 percnet, which has prevented rates from falling further ...
The Cabinet has appointed a committee to investigate alleged irregularities, unproductive initiatives and misconduct in ...
Sri Lanka's central bank has bought 162.5 million dollars from the interbank forex market in July 2020 after negative pr...
Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor slammed inflation control saying such policies have led to stagnation in many countrie...
Sri Lanka's has printed 10 billion rupees to monetize a Treasuries auction as the debt office failed to sell all the Tre...
Sri Lanka's gross forex reserves grew by 407 million US dollars to 7,102 million US dollars by the end of July 2020 up f...
Sri Lanka should not pander to stability through inflation control but should engage in monetary and fiscal policies tha...
Sri Lanka's inflation picked up slightly to 4.8 percent in the 12-months to July 2020 from 4.7 percent a in June, data f...
Sri Lanka's commercial banks could zero-rate for Basle III capital contractor bills due from the government discounted w...
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